Safety airplane



March 17, 1942. G, PRovENzANo 2,276,700

SAFETY AIRPLANE Filed'DeC. 20, 1959 Patented Mar. 17, 1942 SAFETY AIRPLANE Gaetano Provenzano, Greenwich, Conn.`

Application December 20, 1939, Serial No. 310,160

l Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in air craft of the drigible flying machine type in which gravitational effect is overcome by wings forced through the air by power driven propellers.

Such airplanes are becoming extensively`used for the transportation of passengers, mail, valuable freight, etc.. etc., in times of peace and war, but, aswell known, are subject to collision with another plane, a xed object as a cliff, mountain y or high building, and also to the hazard of motor failure, damage to parts and the like, whereby (ci.` sei-36) 20, the latter having a. floor 2| below which is storage space 22 for baggage and freight.

The walls are provided with windows 23 for passengers on seats 24.

The inner surface of the fuselage wall is lined with pillow mattresses 25 lled with feathers 26 and secured at intervals by fastenings zl'fxed in the wall, and completely enclosing the passenger compartment.

Exteriorly of the feather pillows is a layer of rubber sheeting 28, 'forming the inner covering theoccupants are subjected to possible serious.

injury and even death.

A Having these matters in mind it is an object of the present invention to provide means adapted to minimize the danger by ensheathing the plane body in a resilient armor adapted to at least lessen the damage of a collision.

A further feature is in the provision of shock i absorbing devices interposed between the armor and shell body to act as a. cushion should impact These and other analogous aims are attained bythe novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the annexed drawing, constituting a component of this disclosure, and in which: I v

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional type of airplane, its side wing and wall broken away to show an application of the in.

vention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the safety devices used.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the numeral l5 designates in general the fuselage or body of the structure, having` the usual directional rudders I6 and Il at the tail end. A

The wings, whether of the monoplane orbif plane type are omitted, also the propellers and motor mechanism, all of which may be of the usual type.

A substantial upright partition I8 extends between the cockpit I9 and passenger compartment of aplurality ofF spiral springs 30, arranged in sections in the mannerv of bed boxsprings and overlayed'by a thick sheet of rubber 3l.

AV second, outer rubber sheet 32 is disposed over the sheet 3| and` between these sheets is a re-enforcement consisting of a woven wire fabric 33.

`Over the outer sheet 32 is aJmetal plate 32 to receive the impact of a collision, which, transmltted through the dual rubber covering, springs What is claimed as new and sought to secure i by Letters Patent is: Y

An armor for airplanes comprising a metal covering, a two ply rubber sheet interjacent said covering, a woven wire netting intermediate the plies of said sheet, a plurality of springs arranged as a mattress juxtaposed against the inner surface of said sheet, and a cushion lining for said mattress, said cushion lining lled with feathers.

GAETANO PROVENZANO. 

